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The Weekly of Business Aviation, included with your AWIN membership, delivers critical business intelligence to keep business aviation leaders, including decisions makers from airframe manufacturers, suppliers, corporate flight departments, charter operators, FBOs, informed of the latest industry development – and the impact on business. Delivered each week directly to your inbox, each edition includes expert insight, analysis and data intelligence covering the business of business aviation so you can easily monitor the market and find new opportunities to grow your business.

 

 

By Molly McMillin
IBAC environment director Bruce Parry says it is critical the offsetting be part of a larger plan to reduce operators' carbon footprint and not be used as a “free pass” to ignore other environmental reduction measures.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
August was the second-busiest month on record for North American business aviation traffic with just under 300,000 flights, trailing only July 2021.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The move follows Aerion's disclosure in May that it was shutting down operations after failing to secure the large new capital requirements needed to continue to develop the AS2 supersonic business jet
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The startup is aiming for Part 23 type certification of its aircraft in late 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
Despite the impact of the pandemic, demand for helicopter services has remained steady in the Asia-Pacific region, according to Bell officials.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Bell Flight says it is optimistic about the development of the rotorcraft market in China, saying the sector is large enough to support both domestic and foreign-made platforms.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey, Fred George
James Raisbeck once told a group that he “could see air.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
Cirrus Aircraft will continue its expansion—and what it terms an “aggressive” recruitment drive—with the opening of a third new facility in the U.S. this fall.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
Spirit AeroSystems, Boeing’s largest supplier, celebrated the opening of its state-of-the-art Global Digital Logistics Center on Sept. 2, which Spirit says puts it years ahead of the competition.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
Manufacturers delivered 1,050 business and general aviation aircraft during the first half of 2021, up 16.8% from the same period in 2020, with all sectors rising, but down 8% from 2019 figures, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
LG Chem, South Korea’s largest chemical company, plans to build the country’s first plant producing biodiesel and sustainable aviation fuel from vegetable oils.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Oil and gas support helicopter operator CHC says it has completed the acquisition of Babcock’s offshore helicopters business, even though the transaction is still awaiting approvals from competition watchdogs in Australia and the UK.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
For most electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle developers, certifying the advanced flight controls is a key challenge.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
A Japanese industrial team led by Mitsubishi Power is to develop a commercial-scale supply chain for sustainable aviation fuel.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Gulfstream is for the first time showcasing a fully outfitted G700 ultra-long range business jet to international customers and prospects, having flown it to Doha, Qatar, and Le Bourget, Paris’ business aviation platform.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick, Guy Norris
Joby Aviation has become the first company to fly an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft as part of NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The Netherlands aerospace center Royal NLR is conducting a series of flights with an electric aircraft under an initiative to help airports gain knowledge on the feasibility, potential and handling of electric-powered aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Textron said that the Catalyst will “soon” fly on GE’s King Air 350 flying testbed in Berlin.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Unique weather conditions in urban landscapes are a key challenge for the safety and reliability of advanced air mobility operations that will require the development of new sensing and forecasting capabilities.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Electra.aero has formed a strategic partnership with Melbourne-based infrastructure company Skyportz to develop urban and regional passenger and cargo transport in Australia using hybrid-electric ultra-short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
Jet Aviation, a division of General Dynamics, has completed an expansion and renovation of its 27,250-sq.-ft. production center at its maintenance and completion center in Basel, Switzerland.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Molly McMillin
The historic Boeing B-29 Superfortress known as “Doc” is back home in Wichita and preparing to launch its 2021 fall tour following engine troubles that arose on its flight to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in July.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Harbour Air, MagniX and H55 have completed the preliminary design review on their electric propulsion modification for the 1940s-vintage de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
For one large commuter airline in the U.S., the lessons it is learning as the launch operator of a new conventionally powered aircraft could prove invaluable as it embraces electric aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Michael Bruno
Collins Aerospace, already one of the largest commercial aerospace suppliers—let alone as part of Raytheon Technologies—is buying high-profile flight tracking data provider FlightAware.
Connected Aerospace